If your job role involves regular work with children and/or families then it’s essential that your knowledge of safeguarding practices and procedures remains up-to-date. It’s recommended that you take refresher training every 3 years and this Advanced Safeguarding Children Refresher course will aid you to fulfil this requirement.

The course uses a variety of written text and interactive exercises to provide you with a thorough review of recognising and responding to abuse, the safeguarding structure and referrals to social care so that you remain confident to carry out your child protection responsibilities.

Developed by a qualified child protection professional

Accredited by CPD

Fully online course and assessment with no time limits

Full audio voiceover

Approximate duration: 2 hours

On completion, certificate is posted the next working day

Who Should Take This Course?

This Advanced Safeguarding Children Refresher course is suitable for anyone who works frequently with children and/or families, including managers, supervisors, full-time and part-time workers. The course is suitable for people of all professions.

Because this course is a refresher, you should have already completed the Advanced Safeguarding Children Training previously. This course is intended to update your existing knowledge on child protection procedures: it’s recommended that you take refresher training every 3 years.

Certification

On successful completion of the course you will be sent a quality assured certificate through the post the next working
day. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.

All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming
to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

This certificate does not have an expiry date. However, based on industry best practice guidelines, the recommended renewal period for this training is 3 years. We will print this recommended renewal date on your certificate.

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Content

The course is divided into five accessible, interactive modules and includes an assessment
at the end:

Recognising Risks – where risks come from, factors that increase risk, recognising high risk situations and assessing whether the child is at risk from harm.

Reporting Your Concerns – how to report a concern, when to report and who to report to, checking existing records, talking to the child’s parents, referrals to social care, social care’s decision and what to do if you don’t agree with the decision.

What Happens After a Referral – statutory assessments under the Children Act 1989, the strategy discussion, section 47 enquiries, Child Protection Conferences, Child Protection Plans, the review conference and discontinuing the plan.

Aims of the Course

Remember what is meant by 'safeguarding' and why learning about safeguarding children is so important.

Refresh your knowledge of how to identify the indicators and warning signs of abuse.

Remind yourself which children are likely to be most at risk from abuse and know how to recognise and assess the risks.

Refresh your knowledge of how a referral to social care is made and the possible responses to a referral.

Remember what is included in the safeguarding structure and the different levels of support a child may receive.

Remain familiar with what happens in the process after a referral is made, including assessments, the child protection conference and child protection plans.

Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will
be asked 15 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The
answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed.
If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with
no extra charge.